Production Associate
Responsible for safely performing essential duties associated with the job while maintaining high-level quality and efficiency.
Full-Time: 1st, 2nd, 3rd 8 hour shifts Monday through Friday
Pay: 1st shift - $18/hr
2nd shift - $18/hr plus $.50 shift differential
3rd shift - $18/hr plus $2.00 shift differential
Essential Duties amp; Responsibilities:
- Machine Operation: Operate, monitor, and tend to plastic injection molding machinery
- Quality Inspection: Conduct visual inspections and use measuring tools (gauges) to ensure parts meet specifications
- Finishing and Trimming: Trim (flash), cut, and de-gate from molded parts
- Packaging and Labeling: Package finished products, scan labels, and weigh parts for shipping
- Documentation: Record production data, scrap, and quality checks
- Housekeeping: Maintain a clean, safe, and organized workstation, ensuring adherence to safety protocols
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Physical Stamina: Ability to stand for 8โ12-hour shifts, bend, lift, and carry up to 35 lbs.
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous observation to identify product defects
- Technical Aptitude: Basic mechanical skills and ability to learn to operate and maintain machines
- Basic Math/Computer Skills: Ability to read work orders, use basic math, and enter data into computers
- Experience: Previous manufacturing or assembly experience is preferred, but not always required
- Safety Focus: Knowledge of safety procedures, including the use of PPE (safety glasses, gloves)
- Sufficient near vision, color vision, and depth perception (with or without corrected vision)
- Ability to read and comprehend work instructions and quality plans written in English
- Manual dexterity and coordination
Education and/or Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Mathematical Skills:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide
- Ability to perform basic applications of percentages and averages
Reasoning Ability
- Ability to recognize non-compliance to work standards and contact appropriate supervision or management staff
Physical Demands:
- Extended hours standing and repetitive tasks
- Standing, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, and regularly lifting to 35 pounds
Work Environment:
- Manufacturing environment with associated noises, smells, and temperatures
- Climate controlled facility
Overtime may be mandatory at times.